Top sophomore pacing fillies Somemore Blue and Whoomp hooked up for the fourth time this season in the $94,000 fifth leg of Indiana Sire Stakes, and left the night with the series evened at two apiece as Somemore Blue turned the tables on her archrival after a thrilling stretch duel in 1:49.4.
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Freshman trotter Unstable Genius impressive again
Unstable Genius posted his second Ontario Sires Stakes Gold victory in as many starts, winning the lone C$150,000 OSS Gold Leg 2 division for 2-year-old male trotters Friday (July 24) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Mickie Mantle comes flying late to steal featured pace at Tioga
Mickie Mantle (Ridge Warren) captures the featured $25,000 Jim McDonald Memorial Pace Final at Tioga Downs on Friday (July 24).
Little Town Road fires late to win Open Trot at Vernon
Little Town Road (Aaron Byron) captures the $8,500 Open Trot at Vernon Downs on Friday (July 24).
Commander Crunch equals Bedford (PA)’s track record, 1:55.2
The Captain Crunch sophomore pacing gelding Commander Crunch, purchased only nine days ago, equaled the all-age track record of 1:55.2 at the Bedford (PA) Fair during Pennsylvania Fair Sire Stakes competition for 3-year-olds on Friday (July 24). The mark of 1:55.2 had been recorded by the filly Tiamogonedancen in 2021 and the gelding Captaincountrystar in 2023.
Matthew Stolte co-owns both filly feature winners at Philly Friday
A pair of $12,000 paces for up-and-coming females were the lead races at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Friday (July 24)afternoon, with owner Matthew Stolte seeing half of his four-horse stable (according to USTA records) sweep the features.
Go Dog Go eyes rebound in Red Mile opening week return
Carter Pinske’s eccentric trotting speedster Go Dog Go returns to the Red Mile, where he breached the 1:50 threshold last season for a lifetime-best win on the Grand Circuit, and looks to make a return to the winner’s circle as the 9-5 morning-line favorite in the lone $35,000 dash of Kentucky Sire Stakes for 4-year-old trotting males during opening week of the 2026 season on Tuesday (July 28).
Freshman male pacers on tap at Monticello Raceway
The fourth leg of the New York Sire Stakes program will get under way on Monday (July 27) at Monticello Raceway, when 2-year-old male pacers will go to the gate. There will be one NYSS division, worth $108,300, and four divisions of the Excelsior class, each worth $20,000.
Harrington DSF program features Delaware’s finest
A gorgeous summer evening and Delaware’s top Standardbreds filled the backdrop on the annual Delaware State Fair program at Harrington Raceway on Thursday (July 23) as 12 races were contested on the richest program of the year for local harness racing.
Scioto Downs hosts BSS for freshman male trotters, filly pacers
Eldorado Scioto Downs hosted 11 $20,000 divisions of the Buckeye Stallion Series — five of the second leg for freshman male trotters and six of the first leg for freshman filly pacers — on Thursday (July 23).